Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-03

"And shall you bring these out IN
America? l see that you have been an
nounced there for a tour"
THAT announcement was made entirely
without authority. There is nothing we
should like better than the trip, and the
attempt to please the American people, but
there Is no prospect of our going in the
immediate present. We are in partnership
with Mr.. Hare, of the st. James, for nine
| years. and the contract will not expire fol
nearly two more, so you can see that II
would be impossible tor us to 90 this
year"
'How did this rumor originate then?'
''Well," said Mrs. Kendall, laughing
gaily, you see we are troubled with
dramatic critics here, and they find me
difficult subject. Our plays are successful,
my reputation as a woman is above theil
reach, and | am not an injured wife, mol
do we live in a tenement house, There is
nothing out of which they can make capt
tai, so they improvise what they think will
annoy me. The tavOrite weapon is that
am getting old. They frequently an
nOuuce that | am TO retire from the stage
at forty. In the same way, they would
like To indicate that | am going to Amer
ica because | find my popularity on the
wane here. The facts are that | do not
consider myself old at thirty-eight, and ]
have not the least notion of retiring al
forty. / am well, strong and happy, and
I mean 10 make the most of my life"
"YOu are severe upon the critics"
lNNITL-A 4 H.. ia Ila, ,,At ,rIlv a. oil
of them, but it does to the majority. A
young and honest girl stands no chance
here upon the stage, unless she has money
10 buy them with, or failing that, consents
TO her own dishOnor. | am quite aware
that every utterance of this sort will bring
down a fresh shower Of misSil upon my
head, but | am determined to do all ! can
TO make it possible for struggling girls to
succeed without the terrible sacrifices they
are called upon to make. 1t is a matter
not of self righteousness but of extreme
humiliation to me that theatrical success
should have a price put upon it,"
''You said something of this sort in an
address before the Social Science AssOcia-
ton, did you not?"
ooh, that unlucky address,! l awoke
one morning and found myself not famous,
but infamous. You see it happened in
this way: One day, at a lunch at Lady
W~aterford's, | found myself next to a very
delightful gentleman. | did not know his
name, nor he mine. We chatted agreea-
bly,, Of course, and did not meet again I'M
I'll two months later, also at q luncheon.
| We renewed our conversation, which this
time wa on the theatre. After luncheon
was over, it seems that the gentleman,
who was Sir Richard Temple, President OF
the Social Science Association, asked our
hostess why it was he never met me X
cept at lunches. Because Mrs. Kendall'l
engagements do not permit her going out
to dinner was the reply. Then Sir Rich,
ard came to me, and said, Now know
who you are, and ! insist on you writing
down what You have said to me, aud read
ing it before our Association
The compliment ! appreciated, and after
some hesitation ] accepted the invitation.
/ had no person or persons in mind when
| wrote the article, and was simply
stunned when / found my friends the
critics had managed TO tit different por-
tons of it to different members of the
profession, and insinuated that l sought to
add to the capital / had made from my
reputation by attacking that of Others.
This was their revenge for my criticism OF
them"
Fresh arrivals put an end to the con-
versation. Talking with a friend of Mrs.
KendalEs, who was present, the lady said,
II should like you TO see. the whole of
this beautiful house, with its treasures of
art, and its PROJECTIONS of home comfort.
There is not a better managed household
in London. Twelve servants, five men
and seven women, keep the place in order.
Tie stable hold six fine horses, and three
ponies for the children. The eldest bow
is al Harrow. The girls have five of the
best professors in London to give them
daily lessons, and they promise to make
elegant and accomplished women"